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Tommy Lee appeared in Santa Monica Court yesterday morning (April 8) for the opening statements in a wrongful death civil trial involving the former MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer. Check out the pictures here. The lawsuit claims Lee was negligent in the drowning of 4-year-old Daniel Karven-Veres, who was attending a swim party at the ...

SIX FEET UNDER frontman Chris Barnes has posted yet another studio report via the group's official web site. It reads as follows: "Hello again, you sick bastards!! This is week number two here at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida, and we're havin' a kick-ass time layin' down these new songs!! We finished up the drum ...

The unofficial BLACK SABBATH site www.black-sabbath.com has confirmed via sources at guitarist Tony Iommi's management company the existence of newly-uncovered early recordings by BLACK SABBATH back when they were still called EARTH. As first reported here on March 31, the multi-track tapes comprise both the eponymous debut album and its follow ...

RAMMSTEIN's remix of the MARILYN MANSON track "mOBSCENE" has been dubbed the "Sauerkraut Remix" and was done by guitarist Paul Landers and drummer Christoph Schneider. In other news, RAMMSTEIN's official web site has posted a statement addressing the recent rumors of a possible collaboration between the group and the Russian pop duo T.A.T.U., ...

LIZZY BORDEN are currently seeking a Los Angeles-based guitar player with image, personality and the right attitude to join the band for forthcoming recording and live work. Songwriting capability and knowledge of the wide range of musical tastes within the rock genre are required to help take LIZZY into the 21st century. All interested parties ...

KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy LaRocque (a.k.a. Anders Allhage) has just returned home to Sweden after completing recording his tracks for the group's new album, titled "The Puppet Master". The CD, which is tentatively scheduled for release in late October, will include a bonus DVD or CDR of King Diamond telling the story of "The Puppet ...

Ireland's CRUACHAN are scheduled to support THE GATHERING on June 27 at The Village in Dublin. They will also perform at the Vikedal Roots Music Festival in Norway in early July. CRUACHAN are currently hard at work on their new album, "Pagan", tentatively due in the fall through Hammerheart Records. The follow-up to last year's ...

STRATOVARIUS have announced the rescheduled date for their cancelled Russian show. They will now be playing at Moscow's culture club Gorbunova on July 9. As previously reported, the Finnish melodic metallers cancelled the concert — originally scheduled to take place on May 2 — after the promoter, Ghost Music, "did not fulfill" the terms of ...